Cathedral of the Desert Opens in Santa Fe
The New Mexico museum and gallery under construction in Santa Fe near the Palace of the Governors will be dedicated in early August with a Spanish and Indian fiesta and a historic pageant. The project includes an 40,000 square foot building, 1,400-seat auditorium, and notable Beaux Arts style tied to Pueblo and Franciscan missions.
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St. Francis
United States
Acoma
Cochiti
San Felipe
Pecos
Laguna
California
City of
Santa Fe
Palace of the Governors
Plymouth Rock
New Mexico
Frank Springer
Las Vegas
Springer
Beauregard
Alhambra
Spain
Palace of Governors
Museum of
School of American Research
Archaeological Institute of America
Congress
Jerusalem
Athens
Rome
Peking
L Robert Henri
Southwest
Dame Fashion's Latest Decrees
New York fashion commentary notes American buyers see Chanel touches while Paris bans evening gowns. Barrel skirts gain chatter though not favored. belts and ornate cords reshape silhouettes. French hours influence daytime attire. Americans push for vivid hats and embroidery as peasant frocks appear simple.
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New York
Paris
Trance
Directaire
France
Minnesota Stallion Law Boosts Purebred Value Claims
Assistant Secretary J A Montgomery argues Minnesota farmers lose money breeding to grade stallions. He cites small service-fee differentials, higher colt values from purebreds, and farm economics. Registration data show rising purebred use and stricter advertising requirements for stallions.
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J. 8
Montgomery
Minnesota Stallion Registration Board
Minnesota
New Cliff Dwellings Unearthed At Mesa Verde Site
Smithsonian ethnologist Dr. J Walter Fewkes reports a newly unearthed Pueblo type dwelling at Mesa Verde Colorado, part of the Mummy Lake group. The two story complex includes forty rooms and four ceremonial kivas with a potential total over fifty rooms and a central dance plaza.
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J. Walter Feawkes
Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Smithsonian Institution
Department of the Interior
Doctor Fewkes
Mummy Lake
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
North America
Miummy Lake
Government Road
Sodaenanyon
Far View House
Inventions and tech notes from around the world
A survey of curiosities and innovations across nations. Pocket sized oxygen devices from France, new aluminum alloys in Germany, Zululand star gazing, Italian shell materials for mandolins, Orient bread and egg combos, Japan wrestling lineage, sun dried meats in Spain, camel aging, Greek cuttlefish as football like form, seaweed film for motion pictures, Spanish railway control by committees, medieval uses of carpet, permanganate in vase water, Rhone dam plan for Paris electrical power, and a humorous letter to Mail about Sobster the perfect husband.
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France
Germany
Zululand
Catania
Italy
Japan
Spain
Liverpool
Paris
Rhone
Standard Faced Woman Mentioned in Benham Dialogue
A dialogue fragment presents Mrs Benham described as having a conventional, standard face with typical facial features. Benham notes uncertainty about her appearance, referencing a generic look rather than distinctive traits.
Seemed Away Off in District Opera Night
Mrs Styles questions the tenor’s performance while Mr Styles suspects the audience may be misled by opera glasses. They joke about viewing angle and judgment during a performance.
One Is Enough Does Your Husband Worry About Bills
Humorous exchange notes a husband dismissing grocery worries as unnecessary. He jokes there is no sense in both him and the groceries fretting over the same bills.
Applique Embroidery Tips for Center Pieces Scarf and Chair Backs
Simple quick applique work uses linen or silk with cretonne circles. Large flower designs support three inch circles basted to cloth stitched by machine edge whip stitch and blanket stitch with white thread. Medallions form centerpieces, pillows, scarves and chair backs with outlined edges and satin stitch centers.
Beads and Chains Boosted by Soldier Beading
London Queen notes bead bags and chains as fashionable for women while soldiers in hospital learn beadwork. French soldiers produce fine neck chains and bead bags, with artists and women teaching crafts to aid nursing staff, creating decorative color notes for dresses.
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Kome
London
Lines of the New Hats in Spring Styles
Spring hat models depart from winter designs with low rolled brims and soft unlined crowns. Brims bend back toward the face, creating a rounded front to back curve, while edging such as ostrich feather bands or coque accents soften the brimline.
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Maany
Caring for Sheep and Young Cattle in Sheltered Pens
Practical notes on housing for sheep calves and cows emphasizing deep south facing sheds for day access and night confinement. Advice covers yard dryness, separation of bulls from horses, mating age, extra feed for ewes, clean dry pens, manure management to prevent foot rot, feeding setup with long troughs, and strategic pasture and crop use for feeding and wintering pigs and sows.
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Virginia
Let Pigs Do Their Own Work on University Farm
A. J. McGuire of University farm St Paul reports raising 100 pigs yearly yields profit with workers spending about one hour daily. Returns at five cents a minute amount to nearly $3 per hour for 365 hours of work. The farm cuts minimum work to boost labor return as pigs gather their own feed from rape and alfalfa fields in spring and summer.
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Wight
Sumer
Iowa
A. J. McGuire
University Farm
St. Paul
McGuire Farm
Strawberries Lead In 1916 Production Across States
The 1916 strawberry crop set a record with over 15 000 carloads produced. Tennessee tops the states in output, while Maryland previously led the list in 1900.
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Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Maryland
Percheron Coat Colors Vary by Region
Percheron horses show color variation by region with gray favored in France while darker shades are preferred in the United States. The breed displays a wide range of coats across continental practice and taste.
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France
United States
Milk substitutes for calves from Massachusetts experiment
Practical guide for calf milk substitutes using a home mix of ground oats linseed meal flour middlings cornmeal blood meal salt. Provides mixing, feeding, temperature, weaning steps and care for young calves with emphasis on gradual milk substitute introduction and clean feeding.
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Citarles I
Bay
Colorado Agricultural College
Art Collins
Colo
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Annual Spring Sheep Shearing Gains Popularity
Sheep may be shorn at any time, but the rise of a single yearly shearing in spring is becoming more common, replacing the former practice of twice yearly shearing and allowing operation anywhere.
Care for Spray Outfit Pipes to Prevent Freeze Damage
Guidance on winterizing spray equipment emphasizes draining all pipes to avoid freezing and bursting. Proper maintenance steps warn that neglect leads to costly damage. The advisory stresses thorough drainage and protection of hoses and components.
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Kent Fuban
Dame Fashion
America
Henry VIII
Amorlains
House of Callot
McClure
Mexico
Mesa Verde
Postscripts
Sobster
Buffalo Exchange
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